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Trip Diary: Bhopal
Every Frappe offsite is special - fun, dramatic and usually wholesome. Notes from our trip to Bhopal in Feb '23.
Learning to lead
Going down the rabbit hole to find what makes great leaders
How people fail in jobs (and how to fix it)
Being successful in a company is a two way street, both the person and the company must learn to tango if they have to get it right.
Finding your mission
Can work become your mission? Is it worthy of your full engagement? Some thoughts and explorations...
Make
With so many software applications, tools and components available for free, why bother making new ones?
You can't motivate anyone
Motivation as a leadership problem is overrated. You can't just "fire up" people. If people are not motivated, the problem lies elsewhere.
A journey to the heart of Digital India
The government of India is working hard to digitise all services. My experiences from the 25th National E-Governance Conference.
This changes everything
The ERPNext Conference 2022 was a totally unexpected success
Re introducing ERPNext Hosting + Support
A look at the new ERPNext Hosting + Support plans and our pricing experiments through the years 2010-2022
Why you should NOT work at Frappe
Frappe is an awesome place to work, but not for everyone. Here is an honest attempt to talk about our shortcomings.
Choosing your own pay, how does this work?
A step-by-step guide on how to implement pick your own pay in your company.
How to start a movement
Notes from Offsite #6, where from a company, we became a movement.
Frappe Anti-Values
If values have to matter, they must represent a trade-off. For each value to be impactful, there must be an anti-value (things that bring us down). What are the anti-values of Frappe?
Using group intelligence to measure excellence
Can group intelligence be used to run an organization? Here are some notes from our latest experiment
Don't Be Evil
While Google quietly dropped "Don't be Evil" from their Code of Conduct, here at Frappe we just formed our own version of it.
Notes from Malshej, Frappe Trip #5
Notes from yet another epic trip with the Frappe Team.
Rights and Responsibilities of a Frappe Team Member
On 6th of August, the Frappe Team voted and adopted a general bill of rights and responsibilities of each team member
Be an Artist
Why everyone should aspire to become an artist.
Democracy at Frappe - Electing the Leadership Council
Over the past year, Frappe has become a more democratically run company. In June 2021, we elected the first Leadership Council. Here is the story.
The Sandwich Organization
Both flat organizations and hierarchical ones fail, time to try something new?